FBI Director Kash Patel bashes media over Atlantic story, threatens lawsuit

The Hill ^ | 4/18/26 | Sophie Brams

[Kleon]

FBI Director Kash Patel has threatened to sue The Atlantic after the magazine reported that his colleagues have grown alarmed by what it described as episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

“See you and your entire entourage of false reporting in court… But do keep at it with the fake news, actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up,” Patel wrote on the social platform X late Friday night.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kleontroll; patelbashing; patelwhining; tds; whatsatlanticsfrnick

[HYPOCRACY]

I can stomach a drunk if he actually performs. Wtf has this clown done to clean up the FBI and/or the deep state?

[DoodleBob]

I don’t trust the media as far as I can throw them

But he isn’t helping, with episodes like this one. I get it, we won the gold but…dude…you’re not at the fraternity anymore. Act like the Attorney General of the United States of America.

[frank ballenger]

Photo....

Belushi as Bluto: “Uh, I don’t see the problem. What are you trying to do, put him under double secret probation?”

[Kleon]

The biggest surprise is that he was sober enough on a Friday night to post this on X.

[Nextrush]

What drama what a waste of time and energy IMHO.

“The Atlantic” seems to serve a purpose to put out dirt that has potential to lead to someone in a high place in Washington being fired?

[rellic]

It is debatable if any Democrat run propaganda
operation is “Media”.
Since Media is a plural form of Medium
and we are talking about human interactions
not Math,
I chose this as a basis for Medium.
“A person through whom the spirits of the dead are alleged to be able to contact the living”.
In other words the Media convey very little about what is actually happening today, but merely what they believe
they are perceiving.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Atlantic would not stay in business if it had to earn a profit. Atlantic, New Republic, and all the other left wing rags are subsidized by ultra rich "angels" who live in Bel-Air or the Upper West Side.

[Pol-92064]

I’ll drink to that!!!

[Jane Long]

The Shrill and The Atlantic ... oh, and, more anonymous ‘sources’.

No pics, vids, etc.

IOW ... LIES.

Thanks for pointing out just how low the left will go.

[Jane Long]

In CHICAGO? LOL.

[DoodleBob]

On July 28, 2017, The Atlantic announced that Laurene Powell Jobs (the widow of former Apple Inc. chairman and CEO Steve Jobs) had acquired majority ownership through her Emerson Collective organization, with a staff member of Emerson Collective, Peter Lattman, being immediately named as vice chairman of The Atlantic. David G. Bradley and Atlantic Media retained a minority share position in this sale.

$13.9B
Real Time Net Worth
as of 4/18/26
#205 in the world today

[FamiliarFace]

I don’t know his habits, but I would like more information before forming an opinion.

How many times a week does he drink? Every night? Yes/no? How many?

How does this compare to other directors? It’s a stressful job, no?

Patel may be an alcoholic, but WTH do I know? Corporate media lies to us constantly.

Personally, I don’t consider The Hill as a neutral/unbiased source.

[MinorityRepublican]

Grant was a drunk but he knew how to win so Lincoln kept huim.

[sopo]

Trump took him to the woodshed for that.

[HYPOCRACY]

Correct. So was Churchill. Those guys got it done.

[quantim]

Libtards gonna libtard. That goes for both sides.

[rellic]

“Grant was a drunk”
No, he was a man that drank a lot
and could still function
exceptionally, when needed.
I hate puritanical judgements.
I’m a church going, Bible
studying Lutheran!
I like the name.

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[DoodleBob]

My issue with Patel in the photo is the complete absence of self-awareness.

Maybe he thought he’d come across as cool to the under-40 crowd. Maybe he wanted to appear like “one of the guys.”

But he’s not. He is the highest LEO in America. He’s not D-Day or Bluto.

I know…substance over form. But he’s not lighting up a storm. His predecessor, the utterly despicable Mary Garland, was pursuing Dem causes and Jan 6 with 100% focus. Indeed, in May 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a new office at the Justice Department that will focus exclusively on environmental justice. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4060824/posts

And yes, the media isn’t fair. All the more reason to not give the enemy an inch.